UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right
With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions*, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access to a clean, healthy...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the official start of the operation based in the Turkish city of Istanbul, that will help implement the...
IOM: Uptick in migrants heading home as world rebounds from COVID-19
According to the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights published on Thursday, nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted to voluntarily return...
Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir
The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly effective” prevention option for people at “substantial risk”...
Historic WTO Deal Could Threaten Subsidies, Lifeline for Jamaican Fishers
Kingston, Jul 28 (IPS) – In the 21 years it took the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to agree on a historic deal on fishing...
Not a World for Young People
STOCKHOLM, Jul 28 (IPS) – It’s nice getting old, being young is far too horrible Hjalmar SöderberghMany of us assume that an identification...
The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up?
MADRID, Jul 28 (IPS) – A wide majority, including the United States, has cheered the 22 July Turkey-brooked agreement between Russia and Ukraine to...
Canada Lags in Providing for Children, Especially Marginalized Kids
KATHMANDU, Jul 28 (IPS) – Canada and its major cities consistently appear in Top 10 lists of best places in the world to live....
ABUJA, Nigeria, Jul 28 (IPS) – Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and...
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a $100 million contribution from the World Bank to assist with critical emergency cash...
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